News from Barrow News-Journal - Topics from July, 2010

A spending plan for fiscal year 2011 that was cobbled together over the past week by the Barrow County Board of Commissioners came unraveled Tuesday night when the county’s new CFO announced that incorrect figures had been provided by her department at a budget session the previous day. The commissioners came into Tuesday night’s meeting ...
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Local voters prefer Nathan Deal over Karen Handel, according to a recent poll on BarrowJournal.com. When asked which candidate they intended to support in the August 10 Republican runoff, nearly 61 percent of voters chose Deal. The winner of the runoff will face Democratic nominee Roy Barnes in the November general election. Another recent ...
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A Winder man was arrested after a late night car accident on Hwy. 81 near Ft. Yargo. Police found Florencio Medina–Guillermo, 31, of 124 Second Street in Winder, sitting in the driver’s seat of a Jeep Grand Cherokee which had come to rest approximately 40 yards off the roadway. Skidmarks on the roadway indicated Medina-Guillermo had been ...
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Did you ever watch Marty Stouffer’s Wild America ? It was a 30-minute nature series on PBS that aired for 11 years in the 1980s and 90s. As a nature lover, I used to love watching that show, but I had completely forgotten about it until my husband found the DVD set of the first six seasons at Target for under $30. He told me he used to love ...
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After a 40-minute closed-door session Tuesday night, the Barrow County Board of Commissioners voted to accept the resignation of Lyn Clement, the longtime director of the Department of License & Permits. There was no public discussion of the matter, and no one explained why it was necessary for the board to vote on Clement’s retirement. ...
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The unemployment rates in Barrow and Jackson counties aren’t getting any better. The rate climbed in both counties in June, setting the stage for what many believe could be a double-dip recession. In Barrow County, the rate climbed from a revised 9.9 percent in May to 10.3 percent in June, almost the same rate as June 2009 in the depths of ...
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When one of Barrow County’s top business leaders says that local governments should slash spending and stop all capital projects or face bankruptcy, it’s a major warning. That was the message this week from Jerry Maynard of Maynard & Bartlett Realty Group to the Barrow County Board of Commissioners and local city governments. Cut spending ...
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A Winder man admitted threatening a teenager after the youth came onto his property to retrieve a basketball. The man said when he ordered the teen out of his yard, the teen “bowed up” to him. At that point, the man informed the teen he would “kick his ass” if he remained on the property. The teen promptly left. When interviewed by the ...
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The superintendent of Barrow County's Department of Roads and Fleet was taken to the hospital today after being involved in a wreck. Commission Chairman Danny Yearwood said at a county government meeting just before noon that Nat Dukes was at Barrow Regional Medical Center but did not appear to be seriously injured. The accident happened at a ...
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A Statham man was charged with burglary after an alert neighbor was able to identify the man for authorities. Deputies were called to a Dooley Town Road home after a resident discovered her house had been burglarized. A 50” flat screen television, a laptop, personal documents and several pieces of jewelry were among the items reported ...
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